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| Title |
Economic support to improve tuberculosis treatment outcomes in South Africa: a qualitative process evaluation of a cluster randomized controlled trial
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| Published in |
Trials, June 2014
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| DOI | 10.1186/1745-6215-15-236 |
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| Authors |
Elizabeth Lutge, Simon Lewin, Jimmy Volmink |
| Abstract |
Poverty undermines the adherence of patients to tuberculosis treatment. A pragmatic cluster randomized controlled trial was conducted to investigate the extent to which economic support in the form of a voucher would improve patients' adherence to treatment, and their treatment outcomes. Although the trial showed a modest improvement in the treatment success rates of the intervention group, this was not statistically significant, due in part to the low fidelity to the trial intervention. A qualitative process evaluation, conducted in the final few months of the trial, explained some of the factors that contributed to this low fidelity. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 1 | 50% |
| South Africa | 1 | 50% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | 50% |
| Members of the public | 1 | 50% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 169 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 1 | <1% |
| Spain | 1 | <1% |
| Sierra Leone | 1 | <1% |
| United States | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 165 | 98% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 36 | 21% |
| Researcher | 24 | 14% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 9 | 5% |
| Other | 8 | 5% |
| Lecturer | 8 | 5% |
| Other | 34 | 20% |
| Unknown | 50 | 30% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 33 | 20% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 22 | 13% |
| Social Sciences | 21 | 12% |
| Unspecified | 7 | 4% |
| Economics, Econometrics and Finance | 6 | 4% |
| Other | 28 | 17% |
| Unknown | 52 | 31% |